Sentence examples for severe defeat from inspiring English sources

Overwhelmed by Isis's lightening strikes on several fronts, and having suffered a severe defeat in the Sinjar area in western Nineveh, the peshmerga commanders claimed that the latest retreats were a tactical move to regroup and re-establish themselves in defensible positions mostly on the tops of mountains and hills.

"This is a severe defeat".

The score he said was a severe defeat for the right and the centre.

It was, of course, the most severe defeat of Arsène Wenger's 15 years with the club.

Svyatoslav III, cousin of Igor and prince of Kiev, inflicted a severe defeat upon them in 1183.

Saʿūd inflicted a severe defeat on the invaders, but reinforcements enabled Ṭūsūn to occupy Mecca and Medina in 1812.

"In the diplomatic realm, Israel has suffered severe defeats".

It is the summer of 2011 and his Arsenal side has just suffered one of the most severe defeats in its history.

The support of Castile and of France (until 1711) enabled Philip V to survive severe defeats and two occupations of Madrid.

After the British had inflicted severe defeats on the Italian forces in North Africa, the German general Erwin Rommel was chosen commander of Axis forces in Libya (February 1941).

Severe defeats in 1724 and 1725 again reduced the tribe's numbers; most withdrew to Canada, eventually settling at Saint-François-du-Lac Saint-François-du-Lac Saint-François-du-Lac Saint-François-du-Lac